Report: Strokes Triple Among Middle-Age Women

2008/02/21 07:52:45

Strokes have tripled in recent years among middle-aged women in the U.S., an alarming trend doctors ...

FOXSexpert: Measuring Up, Does Size Matter?

2008/02/21 02:58:10

Want an audience's attention? Talk about size and men will sure pay attention....

Next Year's Flu Vaccine to Get Complete Overhaul

2008/02/21 01:17:07

It's time to write up the recipe for next year's flu vaccine — and the nation's influenza experts a...

Botulism Victim Struggles to Walk, Breathe 1 Year Later

2008/02/20 10:59:01

More than a year after contracting botulism from contaminated carrot juice, a Toronto woman remains ...

Hospitals Reach Settlement in Killer Nurse Case

2008/02/20 07:58:13

The families of New Jersey patients murdered by a serial killer nurse have settled a lawsuit with th...

College Student With Fatal Cancer Looks for Cure

2008/02/20 07:33:14

A 20-year-old Duke University student with terminal cancer struggles in an out of laboratory to find...

Girl, 4, Faces Second Cancer Battle

2008/02/19 11:09:27

A 4-year-old U.K. girl who survived her first battle against a rare childhood cancer once again is b...

Hospital Pharmacy Error Blamed for Preemie's Death

2008/02/19 08:27:36

An error by a hospital pharmacy led to the death of a premature baby who at one time was thriving, A...

Google to Store Patients' Health Records, Raises Concerns

2008/02/21 03:29:20

Google Inc. will begin storing the medical records of a few thousand people as it tests a long-await...

Identical Twins Often Have Different DNA

2008/02/21 02:07:34

Copying errors frequently crop up, even among siblings who essentially share genomes....

Eight-Year-Old Dies Suddenly From Mystery Illness

2008/02/20 11:01:43

An 8-year-old Canadian girl died suddenly last week shortly after becoming ill, it is reported....

After Years of Declines, Cancer Death Rate Increases

2008/02/20 08:55:45

The cancer death rate has been dropping since the early 1990s, and early in this decade was declinin...

One Arrested, One at Large in Meat Recall Probe

2008/02/20 07:48:16

Chino police Tuesday said they had arrested one of the meatpacking workers charged with animal cruel...

Botox: It's Not Just for Wrinkles Anymore

2008/02/20 03:53:16

Anti-wrinkle drug used to alleviate scarring, migraines and sweating....

Medicare Won't Pay Hospitals That Make Mistakes

2008/02/19 08:40:58

It's a new way to push for patient safety: Don't pay hospitals when they commit certain errors. Medi...